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Podgorica once got over opening harangue, for the most part (8)

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I believe the answer is:

titograd

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'podgorica' is the definition.
(I know that podgorica can be written as Titograd)

'once got over opening harangue for the most part' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
an anagram of 'got' is 'tog' which is located in the answer.
'the' could be 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects) and 't' is found in the answer.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for titograd that I've seen before include "Balkan city's name 1946 to 1993 - dog trait (anag)" , "Former name of Podgorica (Montenegro) until 1992" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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